[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by collie1228

"The costs associated with cart wear are significant and were part of the justification of the change a year ago in the Reasonable Accommodations policy." Wait a minute. All executive courses have permanent concrete cart paths on which golfers must drive (unless you are handicapped). Just how much wear and tear is there on a concrete pathway? I submit there is none. Trail fees are a money making tax historically imposed by golf courses to enhance profit margins. For executive courses with concrete golf cart paths they are even more profitable.

In the ideal world I would agree, there would be little ongoing costs if everyone stayed perfectly on the cart paths, but they don't and there are some holes that don't have cart paths their full length (some of the par 4s). People drive on the courses all the time. When the courses are wet even rolling off to one side of the path can and does cause significant damages to the courses. The RA policy causes significant wear and damage to the courses that would not exist without the carts being on the course. The concrete on the paths is not indestructible, as it ages it starts to degrade, plates shift, plant rooting breaks it down, all of these have to be repaired and with the miles of cart paths we are talking about, the cost again adds up quickly.